Scientists invent a method to control the timing and duration of sleep in fruit flies and find that snoozing helps form long-term memories
Scientists invent a method to control the timing and duration of sleep in fruit flies and find that snoozing helps form long-term memories
Researchers seeking a link between vision problems and the dangerous physiological effects of hypoxia in mountain climbers are taking their work to new heights.
Researchers are using real-world methods to study traumatic brain injuries in a comic book
Two newly discovered proteins that act as brakes to slow a plant's immune response after infection may provide clues to autoimmune treatments
Fifteen plant biologists are selected to take part in a new initiative in fundamental plant science research
When mice are held in isolation, stem cells in the hippocampus make more of themselves and wait for better times
The Scientist covered some of the events that made this year's festival memorable
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.